Does seeing other people fail or being sad makes you happy? All too often I see people proclaim how you should feel better when others fail or destroy themselves, or proclaim that you soon will enjoy other’s sadness. WTF is wrong with you? If someone is sad or suffering, it should never bring any joy to anyone, if you are even a little humane.
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Schadenfreude is the feeling of pleasure or joy that comes from witnessing the misfortunes of others. The term is derived from German, combining "Schaden" (harm) and "Freude" (joy) to describe this complex emotional experience.
It's antisocial IMO
It’s sociopathic and that is all. What goes around comes around.
When I feel something like that, I notice it and use empathy as an antidote.
It's not necessarily abnormal to feel it but our feelings are supposed to teach us not rule us.
When the King/Quesn is on the throne we won't fall for it and will learn something. When the King/Queen is not home, it's harmful because we won't take action to take care of ourself, see it is harmful and end it.
Runaway emotions are a sign of immaturity in my opinion. Satipatthana prevents runaway emotions and turns them into gold.
#wisdom #empathy
Well put 🫂
I agree, noticing emotions and applying empathy helps keep them in check. Feelings guide us, but they shouldn’t control us. With mindfulness, like Satipatthana, we stay grounded, learn from emotions, and turn them into wisdom. Immature? Maybe, but mastering this is how we keep the King or Queen on the throne.
yes. that is how. but we can't master it. no errors no progress.
satipatthana, if practiced diligently results in adulthood. runaway emotions are childhood and teenager regardless of the chronological age of the person.
be careful of the M word. It's used, misunderstood and abused these days, including by people who project what they think people should need/want rather than actually practicing satipatthana.
don't "apply empathy", that is not the Way. empathy is automatic when satipatthana is practiced and understood.
"eyes see hands do action is the Way
intimately knowing its function is the Way
transactional action is not the Way
the Way is not two"
— me
Let's be happy, kids. I give you boobs. 🚒🇬🇧😎 
I don’t care especially if they are strangers . Does it make me inhumane ?
Not caring is better than being happy about it or enjoying it. It’s fine, you can’t care about everyone everywhere all the time
Schadenfreude; thank ze Germans. 🤙
Studies have linked it with low self-esteem due to the perception of a potential threat, amongst other factors such as jealous desire. It can also be the result of a person's own dehumanization of others - sometimes this can be a maladaption used by highly empathic people to protect themselves from the seemingly endless source of human misery
Not even just out of humanity, but out of selfishness, one should not rejoice in another's suffering. It is better for everyone to live in a world where everything is settled and everyone feels good. Maybe only psychopaths won't like it.
Fact! Be human. Be kind. Be nice. Integrity is my personal value #1 🧡
Schadenfreude—the unsettling pleasure we sometimes feel at others' misfortunes—might seem harmless, but it can quietly erode our emotional well-being. Research indicates that indulging in this feeling can foster resentment, reduce empathy, and strain our relationships .
Brene Brown has a great section in her book, "The Atlas of the Heart", about this.
Freudenfreude, however, is linked to stronger relationships, empathy, and greater overall life satisfaction.
Those who enjoy other people's misfortunes have a very sad life 🤷♂️
That’s probably it. 🫂😭
No way. I see people strive and if they fail my default is to want to help albeit with my limited means. Just another indicator of how fucked up the world can be.
I have never head anyone proclaim that......but people who do feel better and happy at anothers failure are usually jealous of them to begin with.
It’s miserable and cowardly people that behave this way imo. They don’t like seeing others succeed and be happy because they couldn’t bet on themselves to have a better life.
Yes very true
Wow we actually agreed on something for once weird
No.
Enjoying seeing personal and enemies of humanity fail along with.
People I know and even don't know, its sad or disappointing.